Trials start on new TB vaccine

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	Trials start on new TB vaccine

pibita

7-28-2007 1:12 PM

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science, disease, tuberculosis

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Slowly creeping towards a cure....

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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>The first new TB vaccine for 80 years is being tested in clinical trials in South Africa.</B>
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<FONT size="2">Oxford University researchers say that the jab, given alongside the current BCG vaccine, could protect people better from the disease.</FONT></P></TD></TR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6919537.stm"><FONT size="2">The new vaccine has already passed safety trials in the Gambia, and the latest tests in the Western Cape area of South Africa, where one in 100 infants has the illness, will reveal if the extra jab works better than BCG alone.
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